K. R. Pura Assembly constituency

K. R. Pura
Constituency No. 151 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Location of KR Pura assembly, shown in red, in Bangalore
Location of K. R. Pura Assembly constituency, shown in red, in Bangalore
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateKarnataka
DistrictBangalore Urban
LS constituencyBangalore North
Established2008
Total electors510,777 (2023)[1]
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2023
Preceded byN. S. Nandiesha Reddy
K. R. Pura constituency

K. R. Pura or Krishnarajapura is an Assembly constituency in the Greater Bangalore region and has the largest number of voters among the 21 constituencies. It comes under Bangalore North Lok Sabha constituency. Carved out from the erstwhile Varthur Assembly constituency, and a few parts of Hosakote Assembly constituency, it has predominantly urban characteristics.

Ward map

All wards of the erstwhile K. R. Pura City Municipal Council, and wards 3 to 11 of Mahadevapura City Municipal Council, which includes Sanna Thammanahalli, Medahalli, Bhattrahalli, K. R. Pura, Ramamurthy Nagar, Doorvaninagar, Chikkabasavanapura, Devasandra, Vijnanapura, A. Narayanapura, Singayyanapalya, Annayyanapalya, Mahadevapura, Benniganahalli, Vibhuthipura and Vimanapura now come under K R Pura Assembly.

As many as 10 villages, K. Narayanapura, Kottanur, N. Nagenahalli, Kyalasanahalli, Geddalahalli, Horamavu Agara, K. Channasandra, Kalkere, Horamavu and Chalkere, that were included within the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike limits when the Greater Bangalore area was formed, are also part of this constituency.[2]

The area has its own set of problems. Traffic congestion, sewage disposal issues, lack of storm-water drains and bad roads are common complaints.[3]

Following are the Wards which come under K. R. Pura Assembly constituency:

Ward No. Ward Name Corporator[4]
25 Horamavu[5] Radhamma[6]
26 Ramamurthy Nagar[7] Padmavathi S.[8]
51 Vijnanapura[9] S Raju[10]
52 K. R. Pura[11] K Poornima[12]
53 Basavanpura[13] B N Jayaprakash[14]
55 Devasandra[15] M N Srikanth[16]
56 A. Narayanapura[17] V Suresh[18]
81 Vignana Nagar[15] S G Nagaraj[19]
87 HAL Airport[17] N Manjunath[20]

Civic Administration

K R Pura comes under Bangalore North (Lok Sabha constituency) led by MP D. V. Sadananda Gowda who was also the ex Chief Minister of Karnataka. During the general elections 2014 D. V. Sadananda Gowda contesting through BJP won with 52.91% majority defeating C. Narayanaswamy of INC. MLA Byrati Basavaraj won contesting through INC the 2013 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election from K R Pura by a margin of 24001 votes defeating N. S. Nandiesha Reddy of BJP.

Members of Legislative Assembly

K. R. Pura seat did not exist in the 12th Legislative assembly (2004-2008) and parts of it were inside Hosakote and Varathur Assembly constituencies. Varathur was split into two (Mahadevapura & K. R. Pura) by 2008; K. R. Pura has since participated in the 13th, 14th and 15th Karnataka Legislative Assembly elections.

K. R. Pura Assembly's history
Year Member Party
Before 2008: Constituency did not exist
2008 N. S. Nandiesha Reddy Bharatiya Janata Party
2013 Byrati Basavaraj Indian National Congress
2018[21][22]
2019[a] Bharatiya Janata Party
2023[23]
  1. ^ by-election

Election results

2023

2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: K. R. Pura[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Byrati Basavaraj 139,925 51,93 −9.50
INC D. K. Mohan 1,15,243 42.91 +9.34
NOTA None of the Above 4,396 1.63 −0.65
Majority 24,682 9.02 −18.84
Turnout 2,69,462 52.76 +6.10
BJP gain from INC Swing

2019

2019 Karnataka Legislative Assembly by-elections: K. R. Pura
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Byrati Basavaraj 139,879 61.43 +21.01
INC M. Narayanaswamy 76,436 33.57 −19.74
JD(S) C. Krishnamurthy 2,048 0.90 −1.69
NOTA None of the Above 5,184 2.28 +1.31
Majority 63,443 27.86 +14.97
Turnout 2,27,702 46.66 −7.90
BJP gain from INC Swing

2018

2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: K. R. Pura[22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Byrati Basavaraj 135,404 53.31
BJP N. S. Nandiesha Reddy 1,02,675 40.42
JD(S) D. A. Gopala 6,578 2.59
NOTA None of the Above 2,464 0.97
Majority 32,729 12.89
Turnout 2,53,994 54.56
INC hold Swing

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election - 2023". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  2. ^ K R Pura Assembly Details
  3. ^ "K R Pura: Where Two Worlds Meet". Archived from the original on 28 August 2015.
  4. ^ List of all Bangalore Corporators Archived 2015-09-28 at the Wayback Machine Mar,3,2014
  5. ^ Horamavu ward infrastructure Mar,3,2014
  6. ^ Horamavu ward details feb,27,2014
  7. ^ Ramamurthy nagar ward infrastructure Mar,3,2014
  8. ^ Ramamurthy Nagar ward details feb,27,2014
  9. ^ Vijnanapura ward infrastructure Mar,3,2014
  10. ^ Vijnanapura ward details feb,27,2014
  11. ^ K.R.Pura ward infrastructure Mar,3,2014
  12. ^ K.R.Pura ward details feb,27,2014
  13. ^ Hudi ward infrastructure Mar,3,2014
  14. ^ Hudi ward details feb,27,2014
  15. ^ a b Devasandra ward infrastructure Mar,3,2014
  16. ^ Deavasandra ward details feb,27,2014
  17. ^ a b A.Narayanapura ward infrastructure Mar,3,2014
  18. ^ A.Narayanapura ward details feb,27,2014
  19. ^ Vignana Nagar ward details feb,27,2014
  20. ^ HAL Airport ward details feb,27,2014
  21. ^ Financialexpress (16 May 2018). "Karnataka election results 2018: Full list of constituency wise winners and losers from BJP, Congress, JD(S) in Karnataka assembly elections". Archived from the original on 4 January 2023. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
  22. ^ a b "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election -2018". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
  23. ^ India Today (14 May 2023). "Karnataka Election Results 2023 winners: Full list of winning candidates". Archived from the original on 14 May 2023. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
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